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Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar soil and rock that China retrieved from the far side of the moon this year, and they suggest that the moon may have some new stories to tell

cnn.comFindings from the first lunar far side samples raise new questions about the moon’s history | CNNThe first lunar samples from the moon’s far side differ in some interesting ways from those collected from the near side, according to two new studies.

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Is this a serious question? The first person to predict the existence of atoms lived roughly 3000 yrs ago. Algebra was used 4000 years ago. The numbers 1-9 and place holder 0, are Hindu-Arabic numerals which originated in India in the 6th C. Why are people so ignorant these days?

I don't see where that really has anything to do with anything. Rovers can do some science, but collecting moon or mars rocks is one of the lower payout investments, not as bad as ISS or a Moon/Mars base per dollar invested to research papers produces, but still pretty bad.

Meh, they have a point, moon rocks are about solar system formation and origin of life, things that have little impact on humans. Better chips or cheaper energy push science in general much more than space geology. Telescopes also do MUCH more than all other space exploration combined.

But broad approaches with more resources invested in things most likely to help work even better. In that world some resources will get spent on things less likely to have immediate impact. Selectively seeking those to write "meh" is pretty non-sensical

Ozempic was understood by people researching Gila monsters. The science behind modern microchips relies on physics discovered in the 1900s. If we only ever researched things that were directly and immediately relevant to our problems, we'd still be trying to make coal furnaces 0.05% more efficient

A better way to look at it is how much research can you generate per dollar invested. If we only ever research relevant stuff we'd do just fine because any relevant topic branches out in many directions. Coal would still get replaced by relevant competitors like gas and solar/wind.

Exept you don’t know whats relevant till you look into it. Take solar panels for example. Those rely on rare earth metals that until recently had basically no use. They were first invented by coating selenium with a thin layer of gold. No one had any idea that would result in a photovoltaic effect.

CNN, you, through your downplaying of the treachery of the orange fecal smear, are complicit and have enabled this highjacking of the USA. Why should anyone listen to you anymore?

It really does, I read from another book the Moon was estimated to be just 100 million years younger than the Earth itself when it formed from that collision (4.5 billion years). I don't think a lot of us stress enough how long the Moon has been guiding the Earth for.

I was hoping for news about the tunnels, but I guess we wait for the planned manned expedition. I was thinking at least some kind of lava tubes, but the open ended guessing is exciting considering someone landed here at one time with atomic or nuclear based tech & could have stopped there first.

CNN currently won't call what's happening in gaza a genocide because of the fear of accountability so they post distract stories as long as they hide the #Palestine_Genocide from American eyes they feel safe